Download or read book The Congress of Micronesia written by Norman Meller and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2019-09-30 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the western Pacific Ocean north of the equator, the far-flung islands of Micronesia extend across an area as large as that of the United States. Most of this area is administered by the United States as a trusteeship granted by the United Nations after World War II. Having been governed in turn by three other world powers— Spain, Germany, and Japan— the 91,000 Micronesian inhabitants are now at last in the process of working out their own political future. This book, a thorough, scholarly study of the development of the legislative process in the Trust Territory, focuses on the Congress of Micronesia, the legislature destined to carry the burden of the political development in the Territory. It examines institution-building over a period of two decades, describing how American forms and processes have been modified to fit the indigenous cultures of Micronesia, and how these cultures have accommodated to them. It also treats the impact of institutional change upon the role of indigenous leadership, highlighting the emergence of Micronesian leaders most capable of participating in the new political system. Here are detailed the day by day negotiations to set up a district legislature between the spokesmen for aboriginal Yap (of stone money fame) and the chiefs of the island empire which once paid it tribute. Here is described what happens when the U.S. Supreme Court’s “one man, one vote” formula is applied to people yet learning how to vote. The United States today has no defined policy for the eventual status of her Pacific island possessions. The future of Guam and American Samoa remains unclear. But the legislators of the Trust Territory have acted for the people they represent. Their adopted legislative institution will be central in determining whether or not the Trust Territory will become fully self-governing and independent.

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Download or read book Manual of the Congress of Micronesia written by Pacific Islands (Trust Territory). Congress of Micronesia and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Manual of the Congress of Micronesia written by Pacific Islands (Trust Territory). Congress of Micronesia and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Report of the Committee on Government Orgaization Congress of Micronesia written by Pacific Islands (Trust Territory). Congress of Micronesia. Committee on Government Organization and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Communication from the Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia Concerning the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands written by Micronesia (Federated States of) Congress and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 3 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Congress of Micronesia written by Norman Meller and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Report to the Congress of Micronesia written by John Pincetich and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Report to the Congress of Micronesia on the Seventh Round of Negotiations Washington D C November 1973 written by Pacific Islands (Trust Territory). Congress of Micronesia. Joint Committee on Future Status and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Report of the Political Status Delegation of the Congress of Micronesia written by Pacific Islands (Trust Territory). Congress of Micronesia. Political Status Delegation and published by . This book was released on with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Remaking Micronesia written by David L. Hanlon and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 1998-03-01 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: America's efforts at economic development in the Caroline, Mariana, and Marshall Islands proved to be about transforming in dramatic fashion people who occupied real estate deemed vital to American strategic concerns. Called "Micronesians," these island people were regarded as other, and their otherness came to be seen as incompatible with American interests. And so, underneath the liberal rhetoric that surrounded arguments, proposals, and programs for economic development was a deeper purpose. America's domination would be sustained by the remaking of these islands into places that had the look, feel, sound, speed, smell, and taste of America - had the many and varied plans actually succeeded. However, the gap between intent and effect holds a rich and deeply entangled history. Remaking Micronesia stands as an important, imaginative, much needed contribution to the study of Micronesia, American policy in the Pacific, and the larger debate about development. It will be an important source of insight and critique for scholars and students working at the intersection of history, culture, and power in the Pacific.

Download or read book Report of the Future Political Status Commission written by Pacific Islands (Trust Territory). Congress of Micronesia. Future Political Status Commission and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: